Lost install disks...how to recover them?

Hello,
I bought a mac mini April 2009 from apple with apple care. I have the apple care disk. The mini came with 10.5 and ilife '09.
I upgraded to 10.6 and all is fine... sort of.
I need to reinstall ilife '09 on this machine. Plus, I really think it is good to have the base install disks. What can I do?
Thanks,
Charlie Cooperman

+I bought a mac mini April 2009 from apple with apple care.+
If you bought the AppleCare 3-year support warranty, just call the AppleCare number on your package and ask them how to proceed. They should be able to get your discs replaced, for at most a nominal cost -- and there won't be any charge for the call since you are still under AppleCare.
People normally think of AppleCare for hardware repair, but it's also great anytime you need any question answered.

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